[MCN-L] Wordpress plugin extinction

[TAMSEN YOUNG]

Hello,
We had a custom Wordpress theme designed and one of the plugins used is no 
longer supported. As a result the site is not rendering properly on all 
browsers.

We can obviously reach out to the original company that designed the theme, but 
I am wondering if that is our only solution? Perhaps the collective wisdom of 
the MCN community might have additional advice? Ideally I would like to get a 
sense of how much the fix will cost to know whether we have to bid out the job.

(for those interest, the plugin that needs replacing is timthumb)

Many thanks!

--
Tamsen Young
Museum Digital Media and Strategic Initiatives Manager
The Museum at FIT, Room E116
Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
New York, NY 10001
212~217~4547  **  212~217~4561 fax
www.fitnyc.edu/museum

Visit our collections online at 
fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu
Find us on 
Facebook:facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT
Follow us on Twitter @Museumatfit

[MCN-L] Wordpress plugin extinction

[Bryan Kennedy]

I have no experience with this plugin or Wordpress, but I think that the
developer of this plugin suggests that you stop using it and offers some
better ways forward in this blog post:

http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/2014/07/dont-use-timthumb-instead/

bk

bryan kennedy
director, exhibit media
science museum of minnesota
bkennedy at smm.org   651.221.2522


On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 1:50 PM, TAMSEN YOUNG <
TAMSEN_YOUNG at exchange.fitnyc.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
> We had a custom Wordpress theme designed and one of the plugins used is no
> longer supported. As a result the site is not rendering properly on all
> browsers.
>
> We can obviously reach out to the original company that designed the
> theme, but I am wondering if that is our only solution? Perhaps the
> collective wisdom of the MCN community might have additional advice?
> Ideally I would like to get a sense of how much the fix will cost to know
> whether we have to bid out the job.
>
> (for those interest, the plugin that needs replacing is timthumb)
>
> Many thanks!
>
> --
> Tamsen Young
> Museum Digital Media and Strategic Initiatives Manager
> The Museum at FIT, Room E116
> Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
> New York, NY 10001
> 212~217~4547  **  212~217~4561 fax
> www.fitnyc.edu/museum
>
> Visit our collections online at fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu<
> http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/>
> Find us on Facebook:facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT<
> https://www.facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT>
> Follow us on Twitter @Museumatfit
>
>
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[MCN-L] Wordpress plugin extinction

[Daniel Noesgaard]

I?m not sure what exactly timthumb does or did, but we use Post Thumbnail 
Editor for creating thumbnails and other sizes of pictures to be used on our 
site. Maybe it can work for you too?

Regards,
Daniel
--
Daniel Noesgaard
Senior Curator MS

Medical Museion
University of Copenhagen
Fredericiagade 18
1310 Copenhagen K
DENMARK

TEL +45 35 32 08 74
dnoes at sund.ku.dk
www.museion.ku.dk



On 14 Oct 2014, at 20:50, TAMSEN YOUNG  
wrote:

> Hello,
> We had a custom Wordpress theme designed and one of the plugins used is no 
> longer supported. As a result the site is not rendering properly on all 
> browsers.
> 
> We can obviously reach out to the original company that designed the theme, 
> but I am wondering if that is our only solution? Perhaps the collective 
> wisdom of the MCN community might have additional advice? Ideally I would 
> like to get a sense of how much the fix will cost to know whether we have to 
> bid out the job.
> 
> (for those interest, the plugin that needs replacing is timthumb)
> 
> Many thanks!
> 
> --
> Tamsen Young
> Museum Digital Media and Strategic Initiatives Manager
> The Museum at FIT, Room E116
> Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
> New York, NY 10001
> 212~217~4547  **  212~217~4561 fax
> www.fitnyc.edu/museum
> 
> Visit our collections online at 
> fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu
> Find us on 
> Facebook:facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT
> Follow us on Twitter @Museumatfit
> 
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[MCN-L] Wordpress plugin extinction

[Jaki Levy]

Hi All,

Timthumb is a script used by themes and plugins to resize images. It's very
popular on themes by WooThemes.

http://www.woothemes.com/2014/06/timthumb-vulnerability-protect-website/

There have been several security issues with timThumb so many hosts and
developers stopped supporting it, though it's still widely used by people
like me. As long as you're running the most recent version of timthumb,
your plugins are updated, and you're running the most recent version of
WordPress, you should be good.

Replacing timthumb usually requires rewriting part of your theme. This can
vary from a few hours of work to a few weeks, depending on how the theme
was built.

The best way to get an accurate quote is to work w a web shop, agency, or
freelancer on a retainer or consult.
I'm not sure what exactly timthumb does or did, but we use Post Thumbnail
Editor for creating thumbnails and other sizes of pictures to be used on
our site. Maybe it can work for you too?

Regards,
Daniel
--
Daniel Noesgaard
Senior Curator MS

Medical Museion
University of Copenhagen
Fredericiagade 18
1310 Copenhagen K
DENMARK

TEL +45 35 32 08 74
dnoes at sund.ku.dk
www.museion.ku.dk



On 14 Oct 2014, at 20:50, TAMSEN YOUNG 
wrote:

> Hello,
> We had a custom Wordpress theme designed and one of the plugins used is
no longer supported. As a result the site is not rendering properly on all
browsers.
>
> We can obviously reach out to the original company that designed the
theme, but I am wondering if that is our only solution? Perhaps the
collective wisdom of the MCN community might have additional advice?
Ideally I would like to get a sense of how much the fix will cost to know
whether we have to bid out the job.
>
> (for those interest, the plugin that needs replacing is timthumb)
>
> Many thanks!
>
> --
> Tamsen Young
> Museum Digital Media and Strategic Initiatives Manager
> The Museum at FIT, Room E116
> Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
> New York, NY 10001
> 212~217~4547  **  212~217~4561 fax
> www.fitnyc.edu/museum
>
> Visit our collections online at fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu<
http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/>
> Find us on Facebook:facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT<
https://www.facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT>
> Follow us on Twitter @Museumatfit
>
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[MCN-L] Wordpress plugin extinction

[TAMSEN YOUNG]

Thanks everyone for your input. We'll be following up with the developer.

Cheers!

--
Tamsen Young
Museum Digital Media and Strategic Initiatives Manager
The Museum at FIT, Room E116
Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
New York, NY 10001
212~217~4547? **? 212~217~4561 fax
www.fitnyc.edu/museum

Visit our collections online at fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu
Find us on Facebook:facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT
Follow us on Twitter @Museumatfit

-Original Message-
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Jaki 
Levy
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 2:31 PM
To: Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Wordpress plugin extinction

Hi All,

Timthumb is a script used by themes and plugins to resize images. It's very 
popular on themes by WooThemes.

http://www.woothemes.com/2014/06/timthumb-vulnerability-protect-website/

There have been several security issues with timThumb so many hosts and 
developers stopped supporting it, though it's still widely used by people like 
me. As long as you're running the most recent version of timthumb, your plugins 
are updated, and you're running the most recent version of WordPress, you 
should be good.

Replacing timthumb usually requires rewriting part of your theme. This can vary 
from a few hours of work to a few weeks, depending on how the theme was built.

The best way to get an accurate quote is to work w a web shop, agency, or 
freelancer on a retainer or consult.
I'm not sure what exactly timthumb does or did, but we use Post Thumbnail 
Editor for creating thumbnails and other sizes of pictures to be used on our 
site. Maybe it can work for you too?

Regards,
Daniel
--
Daniel Noesgaard
Senior Curator MS

Medical Museion
University of Copenhagen
Fredericiagade 18
1310 Copenhagen K
DENMARK

TEL +45 35 32 08 74
dnoes at sund.ku.dk
www.museion.ku.dk



On 14 Oct 2014, at 20:50, TAMSEN YOUNG 
wrote:

> Hello,
> We had a custom Wordpress theme designed and one of the plugins used 
> is
no longer supported. As a result the site is not rendering properly on all 
browsers.
>
> We can obviously reach out to the original company that designed the
theme, but I am wondering if that is our only solution? Perhaps the collective 
wisdom of the MCN community might have additional advice?
Ideally I would like to get a sense of how much the fix will cost to know 
whether we have to bid out the job.
>
> (for those interest, the plugin that needs replacing is timthumb)
>
> Many thanks!
>
> --
> Tamsen Young
> Museum Digital Media and Strategic Initiatives Manager The Museum at 
> FIT, Room E116 Seventh Avenue at 27th Street New York, NY 10001
> 212~217~4547  **  212~217~4561 fax
> www.fitnyc.edu/museum
>
> Visit our collections online at fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu<
http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/>
> Find us on Facebook:facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT<
https://www.facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT>
> Follow us on Twitter @Museumatfit<https://twitter.com/museumatFIT>
>
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